Join us for our second annual Kwanzaa Spectacular, live at the Bell House in Brooklyn, NY! First, NPR Code Switch host Gene Demby brings us some forgotten Kwanzaa principles. Then MacArthur Genius and New York Times investigative reporter Nikole Hannah-Jones celebrates the silver linings of 2017. And later, DJ extraordinaire Donwill serenades u ...…

We get our tarot cards read and make an announcement about our future. Keep following us on all of the things so we can keep you up to date on what's to come <3 Follow Haylin Belay at @haylinnnnnn and subscribe to her newsletter, My Feminism Involves Witchcraft. Follow Heben: @heavenrants Follow Tracy: @brokeymcpoverty Follow Another Round: @an ...…

This week, writer and editor Dodai Stewart chats with us about everything from Korean dramas to dating in New York to iPhone games to drug stores in different countries, and more. Come for insightful commentary on the state of digital media, stay for the puns. Follow Dodai Stewart at @dodaistewart. Follow us: @heavenrants and @brokeymcpoverty E ...…

With the holiday season comes more awkward conversations with family, so we're bringing you an encore episode of our first ever call-in show where you, dear listeners, share with us how you're talking gender, race, politics, and more with your parents, aunties, in-laws, step-siblings, nephews, and more. And guess what: it's really hard! And mes ...…

Janelle James stops by the stude to chat with us about her new comedy album, Black and Mild, and we plan Girls Trip 2. Then we bring you an encore episode featuring an interview with Janelle, the debut of a segment called White Devil's Advocate, and Stacy's Career Corner (during which Tracy finds an unexpected Google result...!). And come to ou ...…

This week, we bring to you our conversation with living legend, Jenifer Lewis. You know her from your favorite sitcoms like Fresh Prince, Girlfriends, and most recently, Black-ish, as well as iconic films like What’s Love Got to Do With It? (playing Angela Bassett’s mother), The Preacher’s Wife (as Whitney Houston’s mom), and Poetic Justice (as ...…

This week, professional rabble-rouser Stacy-Marie Ishmael is back in the stude with Stacy's Career Corner. She responds to a range of listener questions, from what to do when you're labelled a "feminazi" at work, to how to handle white male bosses with unchecked power. Plus, we discuss sexual harassment, #MeToo, and fighting back. Follow Stacy- ...…

This week, we bring you our first ever live show from Toronto! BuzzFeed writer Scaachi Koul reads from her memoir, One Day We'll All Be Dead and None of This Will Matter, then tells us about her trip to the Juggalo March, her DMs from The Rock, and her obsession with Danielle Steele. Plus, artist Maria Qamar aka HateCopy delves into the colorfu ...…

We're thrilled to introduce a new podcast hosted by friends-of-the-show Bim Adewunmi and Nichole Perkins. In this inaugural episode, they examine the charms of Southern men. With a little help from Nichole’s friend Cynthia Harris, they jumpstart the conversation looking at the very juicy André 3000 before sifting through portrayals of the South ...…

This week, writers and friends of the show Bim Adewunmi and Nichole Perkins tell us about their brand new podcast, Thirst Aid Kit. They talk Comic-Con, Jeff Goldblum, and why thirst - for women of color in particular - is both fun and important. Follow Bim Adewunmi at @bimadew and Nichole Perkins at @tnwhiskeywoman, follow their Tumblr at thirs ...…

This week, we bring you an encore episode featuring the return of Men Gotta Do Better (you know how males be), a Southern phrase quiz, and an interview with Tatyana Fazlalizadeh, the artist behind the Stop Telling Women To Smile street art project. Follow Tatyana Fazlalizadeh on Twitter at @fazlalizadeh and Instagram at @tlynnfaz. Follow us: @h ...…

When we found out Los Angeles wasn't hosting any awards shows when we'd be in town (rude), we decided to throw our own - enter, "The Sauce Awards," where we celebrate renaissance woman Quinta Brunson, internet hero Victor Pope Jr., and the one and only Amber Rose! Quinta talks about her collaboration with Shondaland in the age of Trump, Victor ...…

This week, Brittany Luse and Eric Eddings of the Gimlet podcast, The Nod, join us for a spirited PewPewPew session. Brittany comes clean about her longtime use of transitions lenses, Eric explains whether or not casseroles are "good for the blacks," and we all celebrate the literary genius that is Zane. Follow Brittany Luse at @bmluse and Eric ...…

On this week's episode, we bring you our first international live show ever! We went to London for the Shout Out Live Podcast Festival where we sang the praises of British television (namely Tracy's newfound favorite show, "Embarrassing Bodies"). Then we chatted with writer Bolu Babalola about the beauty of creating dark-skinned black women cha ...…

This week we bring you an encore of perhaps our tipsiest episode yet featuring the one and only Desus Nice. We share some questions we have for white people, then chat with Desus about people misunderstanding his Twitter jokes, the wedding episode of A Different World, and Richard Wright. Come for the riveting conversation, stay for the moment ...…

This week we bring you some bonus material celebrating over 100 episodes of Another Round! First, our fabulous Production Fellows aka Fellies, Agerenesh Ashagre and Alex Laughlin, surprise us with some listener stories. Then we share with you a special edition of PewPewPew, featuring...you guessed it...us! And keep listening till the end if you ...…

This week we celebrate our 101nst episode! That's right, the 101nst. Having made over 100 episodes, we wanted to take some time to reflect on where we've been, what we've learned, and how our airhorn noises have improved (tremendously). Join us as we interview some very special guests (their names rhyme with Shmeben and Shmacy), and share with ...…

This week, we're bringing you our wide-ranging conversation with the one and only LeVar Burton. He tells us the life lesson he learned from Dr. Maya Angelou while working on Roots, what he wishes he could say to Star Trek writers about his character Geordi La Forge, and how his love of reading led him to Reading Rainbow in the past, and his new ...…

This week, we take some time to process what happened in Charlottesville, and talk about how to persevere in the age of emboldened white supremacy. Then we chat with April Ryan, the National Association of Black Journalists' "Journalist of the Year," on twenty years spent in the White House press briefing room. We check in with Vice News DC Bur ...…

This week we bring you our conversation with Senator Cory Booker, taped live at Fairleigh Dickinson University. Booker chats with us about reformative justice (and whether he’s a prison abolitionist), fundraising with Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump for his Senate campaign in 2013, and whether he ever feels like the Anne Hathaway of politics. Co ...…

This week we're bringing you an encore episode featuring friend of the show and OG tech guy, Anil Dash! First we have a little What Had Happened Was featuring young Heben (and the headaches she gave her parents), followed by a long conversation with Anil Dash about mangoes, representation on screen and in tech, and teaching his son about femini ...…

Tracy tells the story about her racist goldfish, and we chat with Audie Cornish, host of NPR's All Things Considered. Follow Audie Cornish at @nprAudie Follow us: @heavenrants and @brokeymcpoverty Email us: anotherround@buzzfeed.com Subscribe to the Another Round newsletter at buzzfeed.com/anotherround/newsletter. Merch is back! Tees! Totes! Th ...…

This week we chat with writer and all-American internet guy Matt Bellassai about his new podcast, Unhappy Hour, where he demonstrates how complaining can truly be an art form. In addition to discussing a variety of bodily functions, Matt reveals his go-to karaoke jams and the genre of Tweet that gets on his last nerve. And in the spirit of comp ...…

This week, we chat with actor/comedian Sasheer Zamata about trap improv, the wig room at Saturday Night Live, and her new stand-up special on Seeso called "Pizza Mind." And we answer the question you've been dying to know: what's the whitest opening song lyric of all time? Plus shout outs to street meats, cheese juice, and hard shells. Last but ...…

This week, we talk with writer/illustrator/Twitter hero Jonny Sun about his new book, Everyone's a Aliebn When Ur a Aliebn Too, Twitter personas and bot theft, and why his dad loved the Danish Eurodance group, Aqua. And, back by popular demand, we have for you another rousing game of Y'all's Parents Was Nasty...we're sorry but also, you're welc ...…

This week, as a part of WBEZ’s Podcast Passport series, we bring to you our live show from Thalia Hall in Chicago! Dr. Eve Ewing, sociologist extraordinaire, schools us on why poetry is not a luxury (shout out to Audre Lorde!), and plays a lil game we like to call Six Degrees of Education Policy. Let it be noted that she plays this game like a ...…

This week we bring you an interview with Zimbabwean-Australian rapper Tkay Maidza, who we sat down with at SXSW earlier this year. We talk with her about what she listened to growing up (from Rod Stewart to Rihanna), all the natural hair on The Simpsons, and her favorite Australian slang. If you ever had thin eyebrows in the 90s (who didn't?!?) ...…

This week we catch up with inimitable writer Roxane Gay about her new book Hunger, paid and unpaid emotional labor, and "The Bachelorette." Then we bring you the encore episode of our very first live show, where we were blessed to have Roxane on as a guest. She chats with us about women in the publishing industry, flirting strategies, and even ...…

This week, we invite writers Doreen St. Felix and Durga Chew-Bose to join us for a playful and pensive round of PewPewPew with Friends! We talk about Doreen’s New York Magazine cover story on Kara Walker (read it if you haven’t already!), and Durga’s new book, Too Much and Not the Mood (it's exquisite). We study Heben’s perfect laugh, celebrate ...…

This week we chat with Marcus Samuelsson - Top Chef, Red Rooster restauranteur, and maker of the world's finest mac & cheese (we've tried it...it's reallll good). He dishes about Ikea meatballs, the flavors of Harlem, and answers Heben's hard-hitting question: is aioli really just gentrified mayo? Plus, Tracy brings us a What Had Happened Was f ...…

This week we chat with the inimitable comedy duo, The Lucas Bros, about their favorite presidents, two-for-one therapy sessions, and how improv is white people spoken word. Then R&B sensation The Buttertones make their media debut and we celebrate our favorite 90s ad libs. Follow The Lucas Bros on Twitter at @LucasBros. Both of 'em. And check o ...…

This week we bring to you the magic of our live show at NYC's PodFest! We talk to writer and thirst correspondent Bim Adewunmi, denounce some things with comedian Negin Farsad, and even play a game with our pod brother, Ahmed Ali Akbar of the See Something Say Something podcast. Plus, shout outs to being someone's person and Beyonce.com! And we ...…

This week, we're bringing you a vintage episode with our very talented in-house musician, Jean Grae. She chats with us about being a woman of many hats and why she can't get behind the term "femcee." Then we try some dating apps - not at all because our love lives could use a lil boost, but instead strictly for, you know, podcast research. Real ...…

This week, writer and resident Prince expert Nichole Perkins joins us to chat with the one and only actor and musician, Morris Day. He played Prince’s arch-nemesis in the iconic film "Purple Rain," and he’s helping us remember Prince in light of the one year anniversary of Prince’s passing. Come for a thoughtful remembrance, stay to find out ho ...…

This week we chat with Dr. Kimberle Crenshaw about her term "intersectionality," the #SayHerName campaign, and her favorite Prince song. And Animal Corner is back! Tracy counters Heben's bat skepticism with a fervent defense of bats aka little puppies dressed up like Dracula. Shout out to bats. Plus rounds for shower sisters and long lost siste ...…

This week, we're trying something a little different: we team up with our friends at WNYC's Only Human podcast to find Tracy's roots. Growing up in Louisville, Kentucky, she always heard that her ancestors were, in her mother's words, "black, white and American Indian." But, like many black Americans, she's found it hard to trace her family her ...…

Fresh Prince alum Karyn Parsons stops by the stude to chat with us about Sweet Blackberry, her non-profit that makes educational materials for kids featuring lesser known stories of black excellence. Plus, What Had Happened Was is back, with Tracy’s Lyft driver from hell. Come to find out if Carlton would have been a Trump supporter, stay to fi ...…

This week, we take you back to our live show at SXSW! First, Heben debuts her conspiracy theory that Donald Trump's entire presidential career is inspired by KFC. Then, back by popular demand, is the return of Tracy's Joke Time. Finally, the radiant and talented Lizzo chats with us about growing up religious, collaborating with Prince, and bein ...…

Heben catches up with writer/comedian Yassir Lester about his new TV show "Making History," then revisits a conversation she and Tracy had with him about light-skinned dudes, writing for "Girls," and the best teen ever: Malia Obama. Plus, Nicki Minaj's famous pickle juice speech, celebrating little victories, and candles...!…

Sometimes you just gotta get together and laugh with your friends, which is why this week's shot features two of our faves: Nichole Perkins, BuzzFeed Emerging Writers Fellow and Aaron Edwards, who does product and editorial at The Outline. This week there's a righteous game of Pew Pew Pew with friends and a conversation that goes from how you p ...…

We never thought we'd do a single episode on both outer space and sexual assault, but that's because we hadn't met activist and aspiring astronaut Amanda Nguyen yet. She founded the organization Rise, to advocate for the rights of survivors of rape. Did you know that in some states, untested rape kits can be thrown away after 30 days? Amanda te ...…

This week, an exclusive, extra-long conversation with the one and only Remy Ma! She came by the women's club The Wing and opened up about her pregnancy struggles, the music business, the prison system and of course the thing everybody wants to know about: her Nicki Minaj diss track "shETHER." Nothing was off-limits and the all-women crowd at Th ...…

This week, we chat with Emmy and Peabody award-winning writer/comedian Jordan Peele about his directorial debut, “Get Out.” Spoiler alert! There are spoilers! But we try to give you a heads up before, and also, if you haven’t seen the movie already, what are you doing with your life?!? Come for Jordan’s take on the social thriller as a way to b ...…

Welcome to the audience of your favorite black as hell live show, where the #blackgirlmagic is audible and the joy spreads fast. Friend of the show Matt Bellassai stops by to highlight the white history heroes you may not have heard of, like Trevor Trailmixson and Kennedy McLincolnbedroom. Then, musical genius and band leader for "The Late Show ...…

We're talking music this week and we've got the one and only Kelly Rowland blessing the stude to talk about parenthood, nice pajamas and the "hell no's" she heard on her path to fame. (If you're wondering if Kelly glows so bright you can hardly look at her directly, the answer is yes.) And then, if you think you were conceived in a prayerful wa ...…

It's an encore, which is French* for "you better listen again, honey because it's delicious." We celebrate Blacker History Month with our caucacity correspondent Matt Bellassai, we talk all things Kanye with Jezebel's Julianne Escobedo Shepherd, and interview Vann R. Newkirk II of Seven Scribes and The Atlantic, who brings us to the afrofuture ...…

Trump's Executive Order had so many in the streets this past weekend. With so much on our minds and hearts, we invite friends Ahmed Ali Akbar (host of our sibling podcast See Something Say Something) and Bim Adewunmi, reporter extraordinaire, to chat with us about Muslim identity and resistance. Plus, an Iranian man whose in-laws were detained ...…

Inauguration. The Women's March. The first few days of Trump's presidency. It's...a lot. Join us as we reflect wistfully on Obama's presidency, then chat with Joy Reid -- host of the MSNBC political talk show "AM Joy" and co-editor of the new book We Are the Change We Seek: The Speeches of Barack Obama -- about media literacy in the age of "alt ...…

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